... Exhall Wins Allotment Cup Started during the war in a factory canteen as part of the local Dig for Victory campaign, Nuneaton's annual horticultural show, which has become an established August Bank Holiday attraction. was expected to draw a big crowd ...

... part of his precious leisure was 'taken up with the immense 'amount of hard work he put , into his gardening and his Dig ;for Victory campaign. * • First Girl (discussing the holidays) : So you stopped at a classy place. Dressed for dinner. eh Second ...

... during the war largely through the initiative of the then Mayor the late Aid Joseph Bates who was a noted figure the “Dig for Victory” campaign Earlier shows were held at Courtaulds’ Canteen and three the Walsgrave show Warwick Leam-1 5fears the Borough ...

... the war, largely through the initiative of the then Mayor, the late AM. Joseph Bates. who was a noted figure in the Dig for Victory campaign. Earlier shows were held at Courtaulds' Canteen. and three years ago the Borough Horticultural Committee embarked ...

... 43th annual show. He was Mr. S. Bradbury. brother of the INaddedon extubt• tor, For the third year running he won the Dig for Victory Cup, given by president Dr. Sharpe. Now it lis for good. lle also won the Frank Buckingham Cup for most points. Ile ...

... economic policy, number of gardeners that Lirt , imp mcu o ut William Dennis (84), a If we are going to keep on wartime Dig for Victory cam- J) / l rmm until you old pupil of Kirlon Gramma spending more than we earn, paigns produced, it is fact ~, ..Tsii-div ...

... organisers of cse functions are doing an en tnous amount 01 good work in perpetuating the enthusiasm engendered the dig for victory’* campaigns darker days. We commend them for it. and also for the successful way in which they are making their shows ...

... the Association continued success and commended its objects, remarking that during the war they' had been requested to dig for victory and that the effort was just as vital now in view of the country's economical difficulties. As gardeners, they could render ...

... said they brought brightness and beauty into all our lives. The Provost recalled the appeal during the recent war to dig for victory and how we almost broke our backs in the process. He of the opinion that the need to produce foodstuffs was greater ...

... bringing brightness and beauty to the town. You may remember, he said, that during the war we were constantly told to dig for victory.** and many nearly broke their back in the process. There is still the same need to-day, to make ourselves self-supporting ...

... even than space needed for organised games. ' Many townsmen, since wartime necessity created the allotments under a Dig for Victory campaign, have found a new source of recreation and occupation for leisure hours; in fact, a new outlook on life. Every ...

... difficulties they had to contend with they seemed to come up smiling every year. I hey don’t want any propaganda about digging for victory, because they like gardening and just get on with the job and produce the goods. Any man who can keep the family supplied ...